Most popular boys’ names in New Jersey, 1940

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,169
2	John	2,090
3	William	1,469
4	Richard	1,257
5	James	1,134
6	Joseph	1,106
7	Thomas	844
8	Charles	765
9	George	681
10	Edward	671
11	Frank	574
12	David	546
13	Michael	533
14	Ronald	503
15	Donald	490
16	Anthony	408
17	Peter	360
18	Paul	357
19	Raymond	334
20	Kenneth	317
21	Walter	310
22	Arthur	242
23	Louis	217
24	Henry	213
25	Albert	211

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Harry	210
27	Gerald	203
28	Daniel	189
29	Fred	181
30	Stephen	180
31	Lawrence	178
32	Carl	174
33	Bruce	169
34	Harold	164
35	Vincent	162
36	Frederick	161
37	Ralph	157
38	Eugene	155
39	Francis	152
40	Howard	150
41	Dennis	148
42	Philip	139
43	Roger	134
44	Alfred	132
45	Stanley	131
46	Andrew	115
46	Martin	115
48	Nicholas	112
48	Theodore	112
50	Gary	108
50	Leonard	108
52	Norman	106
53	Douglas	103
54	Jack	99
55	Ernest	95
55	Russell	95
57	Barry	93
58	Larry	92
59	Wayne	91
60	Alan	89
61	Herbert	86
62	Patrick	85
63	Samuel	80
64	Bernard	78
65	Jerry	77
66	Allan	67
66	Salvatore	67
68	Victor	60
69	Allen	58
70	Edwin	57
71	Roy	55
71	Warren	55
73	Matthew	52
74	Arnold	50
74	Melvin	50
76	Earl	49
77	Jeffrey	48
78	Clifford	45
79	Lewis	43
80	Benjamin	42
80	Gerard	42
82	Brian	40
82	Glenn	40
82	Gordon	40
82	Jerome	40
82	Leroy	40
82	Mark	40
88	Alexander	39
88	Carmen	39
88	Clarence	39
91	Neil	38
92	Jay	37
92	Milton	37
94	Joel	35
94	Marvin	35
96	Angelo	34
96	Franklin	34
96	Joe	34
96	Lee	34
96	Steven	34